Joan I of Navarre

Joan I of Navarre (14 January 1273-2 April 1305) was Queen of Navarre from 1274 to 1305, succeeding Henry I of Navarre and preceding Louis X of Navarre.

Biography
Joan was born on 14 January 1273 in Bar-sur-Seine, Champagne, France to the House of Blois, the daughter of Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois. She was raised alongside the future King Philip IV of France in Paris, and she would be betrothed to him in order to acquire foreign protection for Navarre, which was a target of foreign powers. Their sons would be Louis X of France, Philip V of France, and Charles IV of France, all French kings. In 1305, she founded the College of Navarre in Paris, the progenitor of the Ecole Polytechnique. She died in childbirth in 1305.